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REPORTER: THIS HOUSE ON SANDTOWN
WAS ABANDONDED AND RUN DOWN.
-- ABANDONED AND RUN DOWN.
BUT THANKS TO THIS CREW, IT HAS
A CHANCE.
IT'S ALIVE WITH CONSTRUCTION.
THE GUYS WORKING ON IT ARE
LOOKING FOR A SECOND CHANCE TOO.
>> IT'S A GOOD STEPPING STONE
BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO GET A JOB.
REPORTER: THIS IS A PILOT
PROGRAM IS THROUGH HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY AND JUMPSTART.
IT'S 10 AND HALF MONTHS OF HANDS
ON TRAINING.
>> WE WILL TEACH THEM THEM HOW
TO USE SAWS, TOOLS, AND TAPE
MEASURES AND BUILD HOUSES.
REPORTER: JUMPSTART HELPS WITH
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THEN
, GETTING GRADUATES HIRED.
>> AS YOU FINISH THIS PROGRAM,
THERE IS A STIPEND THAT YOU CAN
APPLY FOR FURTHER EDUCATION.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS AN EXCELLENT
BRIDGE TO THE STEP IN WHICH IN
OUR CASE IS GETTING ON THE TRACK
TO THE APPRENTICE PROGRAM TO ONE
OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES.
REPORTER: THAT'S WHAT EUGENE IS
HOPING FOR.
HE'S ONLY BEEN IN THE PROGRAM
ABOUT A MONTH, AND ALREADY HE'S
LEARNED SO MUCH.
>> I LEARNED A LOT OF SKILLS
LIKE FRAMING.
I HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF THE ROOF,
WE DON'T TYPE OF SCAFFOLD WORK.
IT HAS BEEN FUN, I REALLY LIKE
IT.
REPORTER: IT IS MEANT TO HELP
SOMEONE LIKE EUGENE, BUT IT IS
BIGGER THAN THAT.
THE EVIDENCE IS EVERYWHERE,
INCLUDING RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET, WHERE HABITAT BUILT AN
ENTIRE BLOCK OF HOMES.
>> HABITAT HAS PUT OVER 300
FAMILIES INTO HOMES HERE.
WE RECENTLY HAD TWO HOMEOWNERS
PAID OFF THEIR MORTGAGE WHICH IS
AN EXCITING THING TO SEE.